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Avoid an immediate restart after system updates
Authored by: scotty321 on Jul 05, '06 09:46:16AM

I would not recommend following the advice in this hint. You're supposed to restart your machine for a reason -- purposely not doing so can wreak havoc on your entire system and cause problems later. If you're not ready to restart, do NOT install the software update.



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Avoid an immediate restart after system updates
Authored by: peewit on Jul 05, '06 10:26:50AM

I agree. Why would you NOT want to restart? Updates which replace extensions and frameworks and other system level files NEED to be restarted to take effect. I wonder if people who do this are the ones who then appear on Apple Forums saying how 10.4.X (enter your own number) has caused problems on their machines. I can't understand it.



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Avoid an immediate restart after system updates
Authored by: dr_bob_cms on Jul 05, '06 10:52:16AM

Indeed, for some updates that require a reboot, like Quicktime (why oh why do quicktime updates require a reboot???) it is probably OK to delay it. But for others, I have discovered that bad things can happen if kernel extensions and system libraries don't match. Don't try it. Just wait until you can reboot to apply your updates.



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Avoid an immediate restart after system updates
Authored by: macshome on Jul 05, '06 11:37:59AM

Quicktime updates all sorts of libraries. And just about anything that is open will want to load those QT libraries.

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